Citadel Securities interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 16%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 6%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
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Citadel Securities interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Citadel Securities as 53.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.47 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Quantitative Trading and Quantitative Developer Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Trading Analyst and Managing Director - Low Latency Trading roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Citadel Securities takes an average of 25 days when considering 327 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Back Office roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Citadel Securities according to 327 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 19%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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